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Curriculum Vitae Elizabeth ASKREN BRIE

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PERSONAL INFORMATION Elizabeth ASKREN BRIE

Calea Turzii nr. 33, 400193 Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA

+40 756 411 206

[email protected]

www.elizabethaskren.com

Sex female | Date of birth 25/03/1976 | Nationality American and French

WORK EXPERIENCE (selected)

2019 – 20 Season Dirijor Colaborator National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima” (Cluj-Napoca, RO) 2017-present Founder and Artistic Director TOA - Transylvanian Opera Academy (Cluj-Napoca, RO)

• Masterclasses with world-class artists (David Loméli, Michele Kalmandy, Erika Miklos) • Educational outreach sessions with local schools (« MeMI » : Me and My Instrument) • International institutional partnerships (Romanian National Opera of Cluj, Opéra de Paris, French

Cultural Ministry..)

April 2019, 2020 Guest Conducting Teacher Opéra National de Paris, Académie (Paris, FR)

December 2017, 2019 Guest Conductor Orchestre de Franche-Comté « Victor Hugo » (Besançon, FR) : Gala concert ; Festival Entrevues

November 2019 Guest Conducting Teacher The Dallas Opera (Dallas, TX): The Hart Institute

November 2019 Guest Conductor Transylvanian State Philharmonic (Cluj-Napoca, RO): 29th annual International Mozart Festival August 2018, 2019 Guest Conductor Orchestre des Jeunes Bourgogne-Franche-Comté : Academy and regional tour April 2019 Co-Chair MAWOMA Awards (Vienna, AT) : Jury Co-Chair February - March 2019 Guest and Assistant/Cover Conductor The Dallas Opera (Dallas, TX ): Family concert, Offenbach’s Pepito ; Mainstage La Bohème series 2018 – 19 Season Guest preparatory conductor National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima” (Cluj-Napoca, RO) : Academica orchestra November 2018 Jury Member Philharmonie de Paris (Paris, FR) : « Tremplin cheffes d’orchestre » competition 2016, 2017 Guest Conductor

CURRENT STUDIES PhD in Orchestral Conducting



Romanian National Opera of Cluj (Cluj-Napoca, RO) : TOA gala concert, Nabucco, Amadeus... October 2017 Jury Member Romanian Mozart Society (Cluj-Napoca, RO): 24th annual vocal competition December 2016 Guest Conductor Koloszvari Magyar Opera (Cluj-Napoca, RO) : Romanian Mozart Society’s Festival gala concert March 2016 Guest Conductor Orchestra of the Opera de Toulon (Toulon, FR): Festival Présences Féminines

May 2015 Chamber Pianist

Romanian National Opera of Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca, RO): Chamber music recital

February 2015 Guest Conductor London Symphony Orchestra, Air Studios (London, UK)

February - April 2014 Assistant Music Director

Théâtre du Châtelet, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (Paris, FR): Sondheim’s Into the Woods 2005-2015 Assistant and Cover Conductor to David Stern

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris, FR), Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, NL) … • Coach, Assistant, and Cover conductor for various opera productions throughout Europe

2004-2015 Cultural Director

Fondation des Etats-Unis, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (Paris, FR) • Artistic Director of the cultural season (30-40 concerts, art exhibits, and conferences) • Founder and Director, PONT -- Portes Ouvertes aux Nouveaux Talents (Young Artist program for

musicians and artists in residence) • Managed the Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship (50, 000 € annually), member of the selection committee

2010 – 2015 Head of Educational Activities

Opera Fuoco (Paris, FR) • Created award-winning operatic educational programming, reaching hundreds of children throughout the

Yvelines region • Directed pedagogical projects involving the National Theater of St Quentin, Ministry of National Education

2010 – 2013 Guest Artist

Théâtre National de St-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FR) • Regular engagements as guest conducting teacher, outreach artist

July 2012 Guest Teacher

Franco-American Vocal Academy (Périgueux, FR)

May 2012 Guest Conducting Teacher Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Versailles (Versailles, FR)

May 2012 Jury Member Concours International de Piano Ile-de-France (Maisons-Lafitte, FR): 14th edition

January 2012 Guest Conductor

Orchestre de Bretagne, La Folle Journée de Nantes (Nantes, FR)

June 2011 Guest Conductor



Orchestra of the Opéra de Reims, Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims (Reims, FR)

March 2011 Guest Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Air Studios (London, UK)

April 2009 Assistant Conductor Aldeburgh Festival, Britten-Pears Orchestra (Snape, UK)

November 2008 Assistant Conductor Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (Paris, FR)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DIPLOMAS Sept 2014 - present PhD in Orchestral Conducting

National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima” (Cluj-Napoca, RO) Fall 2014 « Nonprofit Financial Management » Harvard Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, MA) March 2013 Certificat d’Aptitude, “direction d’ensembles orchestrales”, equivalency diploma

French Ministry of Culture (Paris, FR) Winter 2008 « La Professionalisation du Musicien » Cité de la Musique, Médiathèque (Paris, FR) May-June 2007 « Le Mécénat Culturel en France » Christie’s Education (Paris, FR) August 2005 Master of Fine Arts in Conducting

Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)

June 1999 « Diplôme de Direction d’Orchestre » Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris “Alfred Cortot” (Paris, FR)

June 1999 « Diplôme de Virtuosité », “Mention Très Bien à l’Unanimité, 1ère nommée”

La Schola Cantorum (Paris, FR)

December 1997 Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH)

May 1993 Diploma The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division (New York, NY) SUMMER FESTIVALS/WORKSHOPS Nov 2016 - May 2018 Conducting Fellow The Dallas Opera, Hart Institute (Dallas, TX) : events at the Juilliard School, San Francisco Opera, The Dallas, Opera, Opera America… June – July 2009 Conducting Apprentice Lorin Maazel, Castleton Festival (Castleton, VA)



June 2008 Active Conducting Participant National Arts Centre Conductors’ Programme (Ottawa, CAN) March 2008 Passive Conducting Participant Kurt Masur Masterclass, Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY USA) August 2007 Active Conducting Participant Vendôme International Conductors’ Academy (Paris and Vendôme, FR) August 2006 Active Conducting Participant Marin Alsop, Cabrillo Festival, Conductors Guild Workshop (Cabrillo, CA USA) July 1994, 1995, 1999 Active Piano Participant Salzburg Mozarteum Sommerakademie (Salzburg, AU)

July 1992 Active Piano Participant Vienna Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna, AU) July 1991, 1992 Active Piano Participant Tanglewood BUTI program (Lennox, MA USA)

GRANTS and AWARDS February 2018 Regional Winner Institut Culturel Français’ doctoral competition, “Ma Thèse en 180 Secondes” (Cluj-Napoca, RO)

Nov 2017-June 2018 Observation Residency Grantee French Ministry of Culture, Opéra National de Paris’ Académie (Paris, FR)

2014-16 Laureate French-American Foundation United States, “Young Leaders” program (New York, NY) 2013 Finalist Téva Télévision, “Femme de l’année” award (Paris, FR) February 2010 Finalist candidate Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition (Bamberg, DE) 2008-09 Conducting Fellow Britten-Pears Orchestra, conducting fellow (Aldeburgh, UK) 2005 Conducting Fellow Royaumont Foundation (Royaumont, FR)

1998 Laureate Fondation des Etats-Unis, Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship (Paris, FR) PERSONAL SKILLS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Mother tongue English



Publications • Musicology Papers, vol XXXIII no 2 / 2018, Editura MediaMusica, 2018, ISSN 2068-8601 “Understanding Symbolism” (forthcoming) • Volume, “Romeo Ghircoiasiu” symposium 2018, “Debussy, Bartok, and Folklore” (forthcoming) • Forum d’Avignon, “Les Raisons d’Espérer”, 2012

Features and Interviews ▪ Le Creusot, “Une prestation de haut niveau a ravi l’auditoire”, August 2019

▪ Faclia, “TOA Summer Academy”, July 2019

▪ Point de Vue, “Stars Académie: 350 ans de l’Opéra de Paris”, May 2019 ▪ Le Nouvel Obs, “Devant l’Orchestre, je ne pense pas ‘je suis une femme’”, November 2018 ▪ Adevarul, “Cum încearcă o artistă americană să-i ajute pe muzicienii din România”, November 2018 ▪ Sinteza, Edition #56, October 2018 ▪ Vosges Matin, “Questions à Elizabeth Askren”, January 2018 ▪ France Musique, “Femmes chefs d’orchestre: une evolution à petits pas”, March 2016 ▪ Le Parisien Magazine, "Des Chefs d'orchestre pas très Classiques", 2015 ▪ Vincennes Info, “Sous le charme et la baguette d’Elizabeth Askren”, 2010 ▪ La Croix, “Pas de baguette magique pour des femmes chefs d’orchestre”, 2010

Radio Appearances ▪ EBS, “Common Grounds”, F. Petean, July 2019, September 2018 ▪ Radio Romania, July 2019 ▪ Radio France Internationale, “Webwatch”, S. Elzas, July 2014 ▪ France Inter, “La démocratie face au térrorisme”, P Collin, X Mauduit, D Varrod, September 2011 ▪ France Inter, “Les Notes de la Semaine”, Valli, January 2011 ▪ France Culture, “La Vignette”, A Lavigne, December 2010 ▪ Radio France Internationale, “En Sol Majeur”, Y Chouaki, November 2010 ▪ Fréquence Protestante, “Point d’Orgue”, M Portehaut, September 2010

TV and Film Appearances ▪ TVR Cluj (Regional Romanian Television), featured interview, July 2019 ▪ TVR (National Romanian Television), Regal de Opera concert, October 2017 ▪ PBS Newshour, “Bringing Women Conductors to the Front of the Orchestra”, January 2017 ▪ Téva (French television), interview as finalist for “Femme de l’Année” award, 2013 ▪ TV Vendée (French television), clips from the festival La Folle Journée, 2012 ▪ Der Taktstock, by Michael Wende (German documentary), participation and interviews, 2010 ▪ TVO (German television), featured interview, 2010 ▪ Profile pieces (Antaxia Business School, National Theater of St Quentin en Yvelines...), 2010-12

Conferences (selected) ▪ The Dallas Symphony, Women in Classical Music Symposium, Moderator, November 2019 ▪ The Dallas Opera, Founders’ Luncheon, Featured interview with journalist Lee Cullum, March 2019 ▪ CreativeMornings Cluj (Cluj-Napoca, RO), Guest speaker, “Traditions”, December 2018 ▪ Culturepreneurs (Cluj-Napoca, RO), Guest speaker, “Entrepreneurship: Or, Diary of a Man (Wo)man”, November 2018 ▪ Symposium “Romeo Ghircoiasiu” (Cluj-Napoca, RO), 2018 ▪ La Médiathèque de la Philharmonie de Paris (Paris, FR), Guest speaker, “Le metier: Chef d’orchestre”, December 2017, 2013 ▪ Opera America 2017 Conference (Dallas, TX), Showcased conductor, May 2017 ▪ Auditorium Maximum (Cluj-Napoca, RO), “Leadership Concert”, Host, November 2016 ▪ Salon France-Amériques (Paris, FR), Guest moderator, June 2013

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

French: C2 Bilingual Bilingual Bilingual Bilingual Bilingual Romanian: B1 Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent

German: A2 Elementary Elementary Elementary Elementary Elementary



Artistic Director Projects Founder and Artistic Director, TOA – Transylvanian Opera Academy (Cluj-Napoca, RO), 2017 - • Innovative professional development and insertion program offering international-level mentoring and performance opportunities to

exceptional young talents in the field of Opera. Founder and Artistic Director, PONT – Portes Ouvertes aux Nouveaux Talents (Paris, FR), 2004 - 2015 • Pre-professional program for artists and musicians in residence at the Fondation des Etats-Unis Director of Educational Activities, Opera Fuoco (Paris, FR), 2010 – 2013 • Created award-winning operatic educational programming reaching hundreds of children throughout the Yvelines • Directed pedagogical projects involving the National Theater of St Quentin and the Ministry of National Education Director, Un Siècle d’Elliott Carter / A Century of Elliott Carter (Paris, FR), 2008 • Centennial festival featuring three generations of leading international soloists and institutions (Ircam, le Conservatoire à rayonnement

régionale de Paris, l’Ambassade des Etats-Unis d’Amérique…)

Copies of degrees, transcripts, certificates available upon request

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